Need help with your New Year’s Resolutions?

At this time of year, people often look at making charges, setting resolutions and becoming determined to become healthier, wealthier and more successful.  However, if you continue doing the same things you have done in the past and expect a different outcome – you will become discouraged and convince yourself you cannot change.

I invite you to consider a new approach to your goals and dreams – consider hypnosis (or hypnotherapy).

Hypnosis works by addressing your health and wellness issues on a subconscious level, changing the way you see and think about yourself, and about the way you think about how you are taking care of your body.

What is hypnosis?
Unlike what the stage show version of hypnosis portrays, there is not any magic involved. In fact, you are often actually in a hypnotic state in everyday life. For example: you are out shopping with a friend and you see a piece of furniture you like. You begin to picture what it would look like in your living room (and what your spouse would say if you bought it) and you become so lost in the daydream that you are startled when you realize your friend is talking to you.

You have experienced the first level of hypnosis; you left the upper level of analytical, conscious, active thinking and were open to suggestion.

So how does hypnosis work?
If you think of your mind in three distinct parts — the conscious mind, the ego mind (which holds our beliefs) and the subconscious mind.   When someone thinks that they are not good enough – it does not matter how much or how often they are told otherwise… their mind defaults to the ego mind and thus the belief that they are not good enough.  The purpose of hypnosis is to go to the subconscious mind and set up a new, healthy, proactive belief system which is based upon what the client wants.

When I work with clients looking to lose (release) weight, I combine suggestions to eat smaller portions of healthy food together with suggestions of boosted self-confidence and self esteem. In many diet programs the “feeling good” aspect happens after one looks good; in hypnotherapy the client is encouraged to feel good about themselves, with successful weight loss as an valued addition to those good feelings.

Will hypnotherapy make you embarrass yourself?
You never lose the ability to make your own choices (during hypnosis).  Therefore if you were given a suggestion that went against your morality or ethics, you just would not respond and would potentially come right out of hypnosis.

So how many sessions do I require?
There are different recommendations out there on how long to continue for maximum benefit.  I recommend four live sessions, scheduled a week apart and listening to a self hypnosis recording every day between appointments.  Some clients like to return after 6 months or so to “freshen up” where others find that the self hypnosis recording keeps them on track.

What else can hypnotherapy be used for?
In my experience – hypnotherapy is a powerful tool which allows a client to release unhealthy habits and beliefs and take on empowering new behaviours and lifestyles. This includes weight loss; chronic pain management; anxiety; depression; fear; quitting smoking; stopping nail biting; increasing self confidence & self esteem, and much more.
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Moira Hutchison CTACC DHP. Acc. Hyp. Is a Hypnotherapist and Wellness Consultant. Appointments can be made in Ottawa, Perth and Burnstown.
Tel:- 613.432.1239
Web:- www.WellnessWithMoira.com

A Journey Through Fear

It’s been a while since I have felt inspired to write here — I have been caught up in some extreme business recently to do with further establishing my business and my practice… some of the busy-ness has been very productive but some has not and I am happy to say that I have allowed myself to feel my way through what is productive (and rewarding) busy-ness and what is in fact an energy drain and therefore not what I want for myself!

I wanted to share an experience (now that I have journeyed through it!!) in which I sat in a massive dose of FEAR.

It has been over two years since I had a complete physical check-up with a Doctor.  So now that my husband and I have found a family doctor we are both being sent for a number of specialist tests, blood work, etc. etc.  One of my tests was a mammogram.  About a week after my appointment, I was called and told that I had to go back for a second mammogram and some other tests.

The nurse told me not to worry – there was nothing wrong, they just needed to re-do the tests.  I used to run a medical office many years ago and I know what office staff can and cannot say when doing re-call phone calls.  So I totally disregarded what she said and I burst into tears when I went and told my husband about being re-called.

My follow up appointment was 5 days after the phone call and I was intrigued by my own process of waiting.  The only person that I told was my husband – it felt that if I shared with other people that they would join me in this fear sense and I did not want to create more of that.  I found myself asking WHY and then remembered my own advise of turning WHY questions into WHAT.  That was very powerful and extremely beneficial… by the time I got to the appointment I was completely at peace and ready to receive whatever information they were going to give me.

I know that nothing happens by accident and I do like to work out where the gifts are… this experience was a wonderful gift which allowed me to sit in a very fearful place without getting stuck there.  My lesson here is not to resist any situation or environment… the more flowing, fluid and at peace I can be – the more all is as it is supposed to be!

♥
Moira

P.S.  Turns out that due to some hormonal changes in my body – I have some dense tissue areas which is what was flagged up to be checked out closer (and she takes a deep breath!!)

Story Busting

I am doing some work on myself right now about changing my perception of what is going on for me internally and externally… what is so much fun is that I am finding that I am doing similar work with clients right now too.  I really love witnessing how I seem to attract people, environments and occurrences which not only deepen my own process but help to witness potential outcomes and choices.

The other day, I was co-facilitating a pain management group – I am so very proud and honoured to watch these people bare their souls and reach for deepening understanding and relief without turning to popping pain pills and dumbing down the experience.  I am not knocking the fact that there are times when pain medication is necessary but my own philosophy is that it is only a stop gap measure to allow me to get enough strength physically and emotionally to take apart the story I am telling myself at that moment.

Have you heard of Byron Katie?  I really love her work and find myself using a number of her processes and suggestions in my own practice… it really goes such a long way to facilitating the breaking apart of limiting beliefs and acknowledging that you are the author of the story you are in.

Basically what you do when you find yourself stuck is to check in with yourself and get a handle on what the story is — then you ask – 1) is it true?  and then you ask 2) do you know beyond the shadow of a doubt that it is true?   now ask 3) How do I react when I think that thought? and finally 4) Who would I be without the thought.

What I have described above is the investigative phase – the next phase is to turn it around (so for example — “He doesn’t listen to me” could become “I don’t listen to him” OR “I don’t listen to me”.  This is powerful stuff and can sometimes be a little tricky on your own — but with a wee bit of practice, you can find yourself in the middle of a story and completely turn it around.

It’s all about staying in the NOW and allowing things to happen the way they are rather than creating them through a story or belief that no longer serves the environment or situation.  I am a firm believer in allowing the story to be fully investigated first – it is one of the best ways to hold up to the light what is going on… when you see the light starting to shine through (i.e. knock holes in limiting beliefs and extinct operating practices!!) — that is when you know that some great healing is happening.

So what do you do when you are in pain?  Do you have a process?  I’d love to hear about it!

With Love and Appreciation,
Moira

Motivation

I have been observing what motivates me and what does not.  I have often been told things like ‘you are so lucky to have such determination’ or ‘I just do not have the will power you do’ or ‘I wish I could be as disciplined as you are’… all of these statements are lovely accolades but it is rather amusing to me in some ways too — I am surprised that this is how some people see me.

You see, although I have strong motivation… I am aware of derailing myself – my good intentions can slip and I skip a day (or even a week sometimes) in my exercise routine… I occasionally drink a wee bit more than I’d intended or stay up much later than is good for my health.  BUT I do not let the occasional lapse (or derailment!!) to haunt me or even shape a ‘new’ version of me.

To me, motivation is all about relating to yourself with integrity – so if you say to yourself ‘tomorrow I will get up at 6:00 and do my exercise routine and write in my journal’ – and then when the alarm goes off you reset it and fall back asleep until 8:00 and you keep doing that day in and day out… your cellular learning is that “she never keeps her word so nothing will change and we are stuck here”.

Having said that, it is also important to allow the messages to come and be given credence – so for instance if you intended to get up at 6:00 and when you awoke you realized that all of your muscles are still on fire from that tough workout you did yesterday and so your body is just needing a bit more rest – then go ahead and reset the alarm (although I still think that it is important to allow some journal time!!) and perhaps set aside some time for 30 mins of yoga later in the day.

I have written in a journal on and off since my late teens… but recently I am finding that it is essential to my motivation levels – I guess in some ways it is a vehicle in which I am allowing myself to be my own personal accountability partner – it allows for real heart felt self connection.  So even when I experience something that does not completely resonate or feels like a looming problem – I allow myself to park the feeling and work it out in my journal.

What motivates me will not necessarily motivate you but in the grand scheme of things – self care is all about allowing yourself to live, receive and enjoy all of the gifts, joys and wondrous experiences that are there for you – if your physical, emotional and spiritual self is not in alignment you may find that you feel like you are missing something and strive to fill that space with something that does not really support you… this can be a belief system, a physical practice or just a feeling about how you relate to the rest of the world.

With Love and Appreciation,
Moira

Remembering to Play

You know – for most of my adult life I have worked very hard… plowing forward to reach that destination, the goal, achievement – I have allowed myself to be at the mercy of my environment much more than I sometimes care to admit to.  Then I started expanding my awareness of self.  I have chosen this life and all of the people who I interact with are playing the part I asked them to.

At certain times, that idea seems a little too much to take on board   That knee jerk reaction of wanting to assign responsibility or wriggle out of a commitment still bubbles to the surface.  The difference for me now is that I feel it coming and I recognize what is going on for me – which then allows me to take action (or care) to ensure that I am operating from the aligned part of me.

I have started drumming (African style drum called a Djembe) on a regular basis.  The drum sound is amazingly therapeutic but so much fun.  I realized yesterday that I have taken to actually booking these sessions in my daytime and I feel good about doing that.

Even in checking in with myself – you know wondering ‘don’t you feel like you need to be PRODUCTIVE’ or ‘these sessions are during your usual business hours’.  About a year ago – it would not have happened as I would not have allowed myself to put that much of a priority on having a fun session – a play date

Back to the concepts of the Law of Attraction – it is all about experiencing and expressing JOY which comes from having fun!!  I must admit, I do have a lot of fun doing the work that I do… but the fun I am talking about here is all out – no responsibilities, just for the FUN of it.  When you can get and stay in that space, it is easy to find that everything in your life is perfect the way it is right now!!  Of course it also gets you into the perfect ALLOWING space for your dreams and desires to start landing in your lap.

So what do you do for fun?  How often do you PLAY?  What would more play and fun feel like to you?

With Love and Appreciation,
Moira

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